This Tuesday, following its recent charm offensive in Washington, DC, TikTok hosted journalists at its Los Angeles headquarters to unveil a new center it has created to woo American policymakers, regulators, and civil society leaders. “How much of a national security threat is it to join the wifi network... Read more

As many as 29,000 network storage devices manufactured by Taiwan-based QNAP are vulnerable to hacks that are easy to carry out and give unauthenticated users on the Internet complete control, a security firm has warned. The vulnerability, which carries a severity rating of 9.8 out of a possible 10,... Read more

Sleep is vital to your overall health and well-being. Your body needs sleep not only to rest and recharge, but to regulate your metabolism and brain function. If you’re like me, your brain feels anything but relaxed when you sleep because it’s too busy cooking up wild and strange scenarios in... Read more

Don’t spend all month bundled up indoors. Life’s too short to spend half of it hiding from cold weather. There’s a great, gorgeous outdoors to enjoy year-round, whether you head for a campground—peacefully deserted this time of year—or stick to your own backyard. Check out these great deals for... Read more

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Meta reported that its fourth-quarter results showed its biggest loss yet for its metaverse division, and it reminds us that Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of the metaverse is still very expensive. The company’s losses in... Read more

Enlarge / A realistic artist’s depiction of an encounter with ChatGPT Plus. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica / OpenAI On Wednesday, Reuters reported that AI bot ChatGPT reached an estimated 100 million active monthly users last month, a mere two months from launch, making it the “fastest-growing consumer application... Read more

The Clickers from HBO’s The Last of Us are just like us — they also wouldn’t pass up the chance to dance with Pedro Pascal. In a video posted by Saturday Night Live’s TikTok account on Wednesday, Pascal, who plays the ever-serious protagonist Joel on the hit show, and... Read more

Armed with a belief in technology’s generative potential, a growing faction of researchers and companies aims to solve the problem of bias in AI by creating artificial images of people of color. Proponents argue that AI-powered generators can rectify the diversity gaps in existing image databases by supplementing them... Read more

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Business leaders today understand cloud’s critical role to help them achieve business goals. A new report from PwC found that 78% of leaders have adopted cloud in most or all parts of their business; however, only 10% are seeing... Read more

If you’re a Twitter user, you can now appeal an account suspension and your request will be judged by a new set of criteria for reinstatement, Twitter said on Wednesday. In a tweet thread posted by @TwitterSafety, the company said it would reserve suspensions for “severe or ongoing, repeat... Read more